Wars of Ottonian Unification
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The Allamunnic Wars of Unification were a series of armed conflicts fought between 1852 and 1872 which led to the creation of the original Allamunnic State, later renamed to the Ottonian Federation (now commonly known as Ottonia).
The Wars of Unification are generally considered to have begun in earnest with the Siege of Roan, although small, local level armed-conflicts between state forces and nationalist agitators had been occurring sporadically for approximately a decade prior.
Background & The Siege of Roan
The siege itself was precipitated by creation of the Unified Army of Allamunnika by a vote of the members of the Pan-Allamunnic Union which was seen by the monarchs of Staalmark and Onneria as an attempt to seize power and subsume the Allamunnic monarchies. In response, the two states, with the assistance of the allied realm of Æthele dispatched an army to disarm the Union. The siege was unsuccessful in taking Roan, and the forces were dispersed in disarray. However, what followed was almost a full year of continuous peace as the Union regrouped and retrained its forces, incorporating the now-flocks of volunteers from the various Allamunnic states.
The Tyrrslynd Revolution
By 1854, the monarchy of Tyrrslynd was still wavering in its support of the Union. Although the Union provided economic opportunities and a way to lessen costs of defense, the Union also benefitted Tyrrslynd's traditional rivals in Jormundea. Adding to their indecision was the broad popularity of the Allamunnic nationalist movement in Tyrrslynd, particularly in its largest cities. In fact, there were significant indications that the Tyrrslynder monarchy was prepared to side with Onneria and Staalmark.
That April, Tyrrslynder citizens, growing impatient with the monarchy and fearing it might go to war to aid a second attempt to disarm the Union, took to the streets. Armed mobs marched on the palace in Ardryk, forcing the royal family to flee to Draakurr. An elected governing body was set up by the revolutionaries, who formally entered Tyrrslynd into the Union properly (rather than as an outside ally, as it had been previously).
Initial attempts by pro-monarchist forces to overthrow the republican government found themselves stymied by a supporting invasion by Union general Rikard Filius at the head of a 40,000-strong army, which helped a Republican force rout a Monarchist & Onnerian force at Roedgaard. With the Republican government's position secured, fears began to reach a fever pitch in Staalburg and Onneria.
The Riverland War
After a year of preparation and planning, the new Triple Alliance of Onneria, Staalmark, and Ostmark invaded Skraelingia, with an eye to cutting through there and Innia, either turning both states against the Union (by coercion or regime-change),